Every week, Penn Future sends you a sampling of the week's global warming news and announcements from around the state, around the country and around the world. If you have a news item you would like to see included in this digest, send it to Sharon Pillar at pillar (AT) pennfuture (DOT) org. Thanks for reading, and thank you for your concern for our environment.

This week we are presenting you with an abbreviated digest, because we are busy preparing for our Global Warming Conference in Pittsburgh on March 31! But we wanted to give you the global warming headlines and links to important information to keep you informed.


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Environmental News Service: Arctic Sea Ice Melt May Set Off Climate Change Cascade: http://www.ens- newswire. com/ens/mar2007/ 2007-03-19- 06.asp


Environmental News Service: Antarctic Melting May Be Speeding Up, Scientists Say
http://www.enn. com/today. html?id=12444


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: New System Tracks Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: http://www.noaanews .noaa.gov/ stories2007/ s2823.htm


The New York Times: Gore Warns Congress of `Planetary Emergency':
http://www.nytimes. com/2007/ 03/21/washington /21cnd-gore. html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Here are also links to video of Mr. Gore's testimony: http://www.c- span.org/ VideoArchives. asp?z1=&PopupMenu_Name= Science/ or http://www.c- span.org/ homepage. asp




American Public Transportation Association: Americans Take More Than 10 Billion Trips on Public Transportation for the First Time in Almost Fifty Years: http://www.apta. com/media/ releases/ 070312_ten_ billion.cfm


Guardian Unlimited: Eco Group Warns of Freshwater Crisis: http://environment. guardian. co.uk/climatecha nge/story/ 0,,2038439, 00.html


The Independent: World's Most Important Crops Hit by Global Warming Effects: http://news. independent. co.uk/environmen t/climate_ change/article23 71569.ece


The New York Times: Material Shows Weakening of Climate Reports: http://www.nytimes. com/2007/ 03/20/washington /20climate. html?hp


Reuters: Ex-CIA Chief Says U.S. Must Act On Climate
http://today. reuters.com/ news/articlenews .aspx?type= topNews&storyid=2007- 03-19T130641Z_ 01_L19194162_ RTRUKOC_0_ US-CLIMATE- TRILATERAL. xml&src=rss


Environmental News Network: Big Investors Urge U.S. To Slash CO2 Emissions:
http://www.enn. com/today. html?id=12422&ref=rss



Center for Environmental Justice: A Large Majority of Americans are Worried About Global Warming: http://cejnewsviews .blogspot. com/2007/ 03/large- majority- of-americans- are-worried. html




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